The Archive · 1939

Devilish Eggs Laid

A little earlier on June 6, three more planes appeared irom the north= east, and circling and dipping for halt an hour laid' six more of their devilish oxys, before Aying off in the rection whence they had These planes all evidently came {rom carriers lying or plying off the Yel Sea coast below Haichow, Four of this day's nest were dropped in the somewhat crowded market section just outside the West Gate, with the result that three civilians \inelding tone child) were injured, one man flying before sunset. The first these set fire to some straw-roofed buildings, and before st could be got~ ten une let control some 30 or 40 shops the rice market section were burn= fed, One rice boat was sunk.

As a result many of the poor who had set up small business stands just outside the gate have again fled to the country. The first bomb dropped n that day was in an old deserted temple, already badly burned last year, just over the west wall. from American Presbyterian (South) Mission compound, within 100 yas, off the closed hospital buildings, and. 150 yards off the two residences, This is the closest cal in all the many bomb: ings which this city has endured, but few broken panes of glass and fallen plaster" prove that the protecting Providence of a righteous od was overshadowing the mission. he writer spent Sunday, June 4, Nan-yangean. a town 25 1 east of Before the muming service concluded, cries of "lire" were heard. Due (ea moderate wind and straw' roofs which were. tinder-dry by reason of the long drought, and also the antiquated tire-Aghting equip ment, vB houses went within a short period before the fire could Drought wyder control and. burned itself out a> the leeward edge of the But it advanced so" rapidly people lost The [loss was esti June 20, The fixing of an official exchange rate between Federal Reserve Bank $20,000. But as these were mostly the poorest classes, and moreover crowded with refugees, some of whom add just arrived {0 escape the oink: ings in the city, the consequent suites ing is incomputable, notes, now the only legal tender in North China with the exception of two minor bank issues, and the Paris, June 24. Anglo-French military' and. naval iks. in Singapore are being rushed it Admira! Sir Percy Noble, currency now circulating in territory: funder the jurisdiction of the "Re= formed Government will form one of the main subjects for discussion Reclaimable Peiping, June 21

The Ministry of Finance has issued cireulay order to the Various. pro-Yuieial and municipal administ ions concerning the exchange lamayed Federal Reserve notes for Tientsin and complications at Kulang-ssu, Swatow and other points were said to have inf commander's decision to return to China as soon as. possible.

The Anglo-French conference was reported to have decided yesterda that present British and forces in the Far East need reinforced. It was decked that pre-Sent forces are suMiciently strong to tions, the standardization of edu tional institutions, the revision school textbooks, and Yellow River projects.

Mr. Liang Hung-chih, President of the Executive Yuan; Mr. Wen Tsun ya0, President of the Legislative and Mr. Cheng Chun, Abiister Titerior, will represent the istration at the Pei retain three-quarters of size and those with and serial numbers intact be exchanged at par, says. the order.

Notes that axe simaller than three quarters of their original size but that! une holy will be exchanged 150 per cent, discount and those ive been fi hold of Japan in case of reinforcements coa arrive from the Mediterranean,

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